house — Merrion Street Upper

Attached two-bay four-storey former house over basement, built c. 1780 as one of pair with No. 29, remodelled as apartments c. 1995, as part of group comprising Nos. 25-29, entrance at No. 27. M-profile pitched slate roof, hipped to north end of front, behind rebuilt parapet with granite coping; rendered chimneystacks to north end with concrete copings and yellow brick stack to south with rendered base and yellow clay pots. Parapet gutters and shared replacement aluminium downpipes. Flemish bond red brick walling, front elevation rebuilt above second floor windows head level, on painted granite plinth over painted ruled-and-lined rendered basement walling; painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls to rear. Square-headed window openings, diminishing in height to upper floors, with patent reveals and granite sills, and basement and rear openings having plain rendered surrounds. Replacement timber sliding sash windows with vents and ogee horns, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane elsewhere. Front elevation has decorative cast-iron balconettes to first floor. Round-headed painted masonry doorcase to front entrance, having moulded rendered reveals, engaged Adamesque Ionic columns with respondent quarter-pilasters, stepped entablature with fluted and rosetted frieze, fluting and dog's-tooth decoration to archivolt, replacement leaded fanlight and sidelights, and recent eight-panel timber door with brass furniture, including lion's-head knocker. Granite flagged platform with cast-iron boot-scrape and four steps to street. Basement area enclosed by cast-iron railings with decorative finials and corner post on moulded granite plinth.